National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.
Acted in
Leah Harvey
as Hortense Roberts
Aisling Loftus
as Queenie Buxton
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
as Gilbert Joseph
CJ Beckford
as Michael Roberts
Paul Bentall
Jacqueline Boatswain
Phoebe Frances Brown
Chereen Buckley
Cavan Clarke
Shiloh Coke
Beatie Edney
Adam Ewan
David Fielder
Amy Forrest
John Hastings
Stephanie Jacob
Sandra James-Young
Natey Jones
Trevor Laird
Rebecca Lee
Johann Myers
Daniel Norford
Andrew Rothney
as Bernard Bligh